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Pre\u2010injury racing performance was compared between horses that did and did not return to racing, and post\u2010injury racing performance was compared between horses that sustained tendon\/ligament injuries and fractures.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      There were 793 LTIs recorded in 780 horses. Overall, 28.4% (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 793, 95% confidence interval: 25.3%\u201331.7%) returned to racing and started a median of five races (interquartile range [IQR]: 3\u20137) within 12\u00a0months. Horses that returned to racing were younger (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.001), earned more pre\u2010injury (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.01), had shorter careers (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.04) and more wins (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.03). Horses with tendon\/ligament injuries were less likely to return to racing (18.9%,\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 107) and took longer to return (median 496\u00a0days, IQR: 304\u2013670\u00a0days) than those with fractures (50.9%,\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 86, 275\u00a0days, IQR: 215\u2013346\u00a0days).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Limitations<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Injury classification commonly relied upon presumptive diagnoses.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Over 70% of racehorses failed to return to racing following LTI, highlighting the need to minimise injury risk.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/vetr.70807","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,26]],"date-time":"2026-05-26T11:25:58Z","timestamp":1779794758000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Outcomes and racing performance in thoroughbreds following a long\u2010term injury sustained during a jump race in Great Britain"],"prefix":"10.1002","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0007-8878-2412","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sophia","family":"McDonald","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences Royal Veterinary College  London UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5077-224X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kristien L. 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